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IJE Advance Access originally published online on April 14, 2005
International Journal of Epidemiology 2005 34(3):678-679; doi:10.1093/ije/dyi064
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Commentary: Height and intelligence

Catharine Gale

MRC Epidemiology Resource Centre, Southampton General Hospital, Southampton SO16 6YD, UK. E-mail: crg@mrc.sotton.ac.uk

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In 1892, WT Porter published a study of 33 500 students entitled ‘The physical basis of precocity and dullness’ in which he reported that taller students performed better academically than did shorter students of the same age.1 Since then many studies in developed and developing countries have shown that children who are shorter or whose linear growth is retarded tend to gain lower scores in tests of cognitive function.2,3 Similar associations have been found in adults.3 Further evidence of this link is published in the current issue of International Journal of Epidemiology. Pearce et al. found that . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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